Ma Belle Mere (Mother-in-Law)

1919

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image depicts an older woman seated, shown from the waist up. Her hands are clasped in her lap. She has a wrinkled face and short, somewhat disheveled hair. She wears a detailed, textured garment with a shawl draped over her shoulders. The background has sketched lines, abstract patterns, and shapes suggesting an interior space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.1 x 25 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.4 x 33.4 cm (18 11/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 380, xiv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1947 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 39.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 380, xiv.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: [undeciphered]; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Wikidata ID

Q65080676

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